Early Music in Weill Recital Hall

The intimate Weill Recital Hall is the perfect setting for this
series of vibrant recitals of Baroque and Renaissance gems.
Several of the brightest stars in the field today create their
own inventive interpretations in these historically informed
performances, illuminating the works in a completely new light for
audiences. After each concert, stay for a Salon Encores reception and get
together with the evening's musicians and people who love music as
much as you do.

Carolyn Sampson

Performers

Program

PURCELL "Thou wakeful shepherd" (A morning hymn) from Harmonia sacraPURCELL "Music for a while" from OedipusPURCELL "Sweeter than roses" from Pausanias, the Betrayer of His CountryANON. "The Duke of Norfolk," or "Paul's Steeple"PURCELL "Thrice happy lovers" from The Fairy QueenPURCELL "Oh! fair Cedaria, hide those eyes"PURCELL "I attempt from love’s sickness to fly" from The Indian QueenBYRD Third Pavan and Galliard in A Minor from Lady Nevell's BookPURCELL "From rosy bow'rs" from The Comical History of Don QuixotePURCELL "Let us dance, let us sing" from The History of DiocletianPURCELL "Man is for the woman made" from The Mock MarriagePURCELL "If music be the food of love"PURCELL "The fatal hour comes on apace"SIMPSON Division on a Groundin E MinorPURCELL "From silent shades, and the Elysian groves" (Bess of Bedlam)PURCELL "O solitude, my sweetest choice"BANISTER Division on a GroundPURCELL "Hark! The ech’ing air" from The Fairy QueenPURCELL "When first Amintas sued for a kiss"PURCELL "Now that the sun hath veiled his light" (An evening hymn) from Harmonia sacra

Encore:PURCELL "When first Amintas sued for a kiss"

Hailed as “the best British early-music soprano by quite some distance” (Gramophone), Carolyn Sampson comes to Carnegie Hall to perform a recital of delightful art songs and arias by influential British composer Henry Purcell. Hear for yourself why “she tops virtually every Baroque conductor's wish list of soloists” (The Independent, London).

When violinist Fabio Biondi and his period-instrument ensemble Europa Galante last appeared at Carnegie Hall, they were heralded by The New York Times for playing “with the precision and zestiness necessary to make the music of Vivaldi and his Italian contemporaries sizzle as it must have done in their day.” The early-music specialist returns, this time in a solo recital, for what will undoubtedly be a remarkable rethinking of Baroque music with harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss.

Encores:CAMPION "I care not for these ladies"ERIC CLAPTON "Tears in Heaven"MORLEY "Will You Buy a Fine Dog”

When British countertenor Iestyn Davies made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2011, he was hailed as “one of the most memorable presences on the scene right now.” He sang with “a passionate sensuality fully contained within the rigorous constraints of Baroque form” and has “the potential to be one of the truly special artists of his generation” (The New York Times). Hear the inspired development of this emerging artist and early-music expert when he returns to the Carnegie Hall recital stage.